Parenting Teens Blog
Tips & strategies for navigating the teen years without losing your mind.
5 Secrets to Better Address Disrespectful Behavior
Navigating through your teen's challenging behaviors, like that all-too-familiar door slam, can be a real test of patience. I've been right there in the trenches with my own daughter. Thankfully, we've come a long way, and she's now pretty skilled at handling her feelings (and knows when I need a moment too).
Pro Parenting Tip #50: The Magic Question
Service reps have a powerful trick for soothing angry customers: asking the question that calms and unites. 🧙♂️ Guess what? It's equally effective with irate teenagers. Here it is…
Pro Parenting Tip #42: Tap into Their Dreams
There is nothing as frustrating as asking your teen a question and getting a shoulder shrug, eyeroll, or grunt as a reply. What does it take to get them to talk to us? One way is to TAP INTO THEIR DREAMS.
Pro Parenting Tip #41: Climb Down the Ladder
if you're expecting to get your teen to willingly comply by yelling at them, you're expecting them to defy human nature. It doesn't work. Instead, their emotional stress response gets bigger. Find out what to do instead…
Pro Parenting Tip #37: Make a 5 to 1 Investment
The goal is to keep your teen’s emotional account as full as possible. That way, when the inevitable clash arises, your teen has enough relational currency to cover it. The more you invest now, the more your teen will prosper later.
Pro Parenting Tip #36: Learn How the Teen Brain Works
When we understand why our teens act the way they do, we are able to become far more effective parents and reduce a lot of unnecessary drama.Here are a 12 KEY DIFFERENCES to be aware of:
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